[191] in ad-lib
Drafty help screens from Jennie and 3m
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Margo M. Miller)
Tue Mar 21 10:33:46 1995
To: opac-lib@MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 1995 10:32:48 EST
From: "Margo M. Miller" <mmmiller@MIT.EDU>
Here's a first stab at some help screens. Jennie has some one-liners
for the menu screen. We will find out more about thesis searching to
write a help screen and we will confirm whether all the listed options
will be available (special attention to series volume searching).
COMMENTS, please! (Perhaps some of you can print what you want from
this; we'll take a few copies to the next meeting. Thanks.)
DRAFTS OF GEAC ADVANCE OPAC HELP SCREENS 3/20/95 3M/JSS
for Online Catalog Search Entry Screen
[1. Author Browse]
Enter author name: last name, first name
Examples:
Whitehead, Alfred
Smith, J. D.
For corporate or conference names, use normal word order.
Examples:
National Science Foundation
International Conference in Law
Enter Author Heading
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[2. Author Keyword]
Enter author word(s); word order does not matter. You may truncate
with a *.
Examples:
Albert Einstein
Massachusetts Tech* Inst*
Enter Author Word(s):
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[3. Title Browse]
Enter the title or part of the title in normal word order. You need
not use articles such as "the" or "a" if they begin the title.
Examples:
bell jar
introduction to chem
Enter Title:
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[4. Title Keyword]
Enter any word(s) in the title; word order does not matter. You may
truncate with a *.
Examples:
men mice
introduct* to art
*conductor (semiconductor, superconductor)
Enter Title Word(s):
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[5. Subject]
Enter a Library of Congress Subject Heading. Use the Library of
Congress Subject Heading volumes in the reference area to find
official headings. If you are unsure, use the subject keyword option
from the main menu.
Examples:
Mexico--foreign relations
Mathematics--History
Enter Subject Heading:
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[6. Subject Keyword]
Enter any word(s) that may be in the Library of Congress Subject Headings; word
order does not matter. You may truncate with a *.
Examples:
chem* organic
history art
*conductor (semiconductor, superconductor)
Enter Subject Word(s):
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[7. Series]
Enter the title of the series or part of the title in normal word order.
Use the Modify Search option to limit your search to a particular
volume. ???
Examples:
Lecture Notes in Mathematics
Annual Review of Psych
Enter Series Heading:
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[8. Series Keyword]
Enter any word(s) in the title of the series; word order does not matter.
You may truncate with a *.
Use the Modify Search option to limit your search to a particular
volume. ??
Examples:
monographs society child dev*
Gesammelte Werke
Enter Series Word(s):
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[9. Notes Keyword]
Enter any word(s) that may be in the notes in the catalog record,
including contents and (publisher?). This helps find plays and
stories contained in collections. You may truncate with a *.
Examples:
Hamlet
gift magi
Enter Note Word(s):
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[10. All]
Search for all headings beginning with a word or phrase. Titles,
authors, subjects, and series are mixed in a single alphabetical list.
Examples:
General Motors (items produced by and about GM and
with General Motors starting the title)
Wood (items by and about Wood as an author; items about
the material wood; items with wood starting the title)
Enter Heading:
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[11. Word Search]
Search by keyword(s) anywhere in the record (author, title, subject,
notes). You may truncate with a *.
Examples:
women and military
poors standard
Conference International Organic Chem*
Enter Word(s):
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[12. Number searches as part of additional searches]
Call Number Searching
Enter as much of the call number as you know in normal order.
Examples:
QD.A512
PN1997.G5683
Enter Call Number:
International Standard Book/Serial Number Searching
Enter ISBN or ISSN without punctuation.
Examples:
0582096502
01498428
Enter ISBN/ISSN:
Library of Congress Card Number Searching
Enter LCCN with hyphens.
Examples:
72-622911
84-64070
Enter LCCN
Music Public Number Searching
Enter as much of the Music Publisher Number as you know in normal order.
Examples:
nim 5019
mk39541
Enter Music Publisher Number:
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